Monday, August 18, 2014

Today’s list of silicone-free makeup primers is one that came requested by a few of our readers — and, unlike the last instalment of silicone-free cream foundations, it’s sorted by (US) price ascending rather than brand. If you prefer one over the other, please let me know — I can’t decide!

More of these primers were paraben-free than not, so primers with parabens listed in their ingredients lists are denoted with a hyphen (-). If you are extremely sensitive to parabens, however, please check the packaging or contact the manufacturer to double-check each product’s status before buying!

See more silicone-free beauty products here, and check out our old lists here.

Monday, August 4, 2014

It’s taken me longer than I would have liked, but at long last: here is a new, updated version of theNotice’s silicone-free creme foundations list. It includes every creme foundation I could find (both solids and balms), but if you know of one I’ve missed, please leave me a comment — I’m sure I’ve missed many from international and indie brands! (Note: due to the volume of what’s available and the nature of shopping online, please only suggest indie brands/Etsy sellers if you can personally vouch for the brand/product!)

At the moment, I’m also working on updating my list of ‘cone-free liquid and powder foundations, and will tackle moisturizers once that’s done. (These lists take a lot of time to compile, so my apologies that they’re not updated more frequently. You may only see 20 products on a list, but I’ve likely gone through the ingredients of 5x that number to find the ‘cone-free ones!)

If you have any suggestions or requests for future lists, again, please let me know! (For instance: do you like this format? Is there another product category that you’d really like to see a list for?)

See more silicone-free beauty products here, and check out our old lists here.

Plus: here’s a list of theatre foundations that meet the bill. I’m a huge advocate for theatre makeup if you can sample it before buying (the shade selection is typically enormous, with plenty of colour adjusters), and many of their creme products are formulated without silicones. The price is always great, too — you use so little with all of these, and they’re usually less than $15 each!

To note, I haven’t shopped at any of these sites, but have heard great things about Beautylish, Camera Ready Cosmetics (CRC), and Alcone.

Monday, April 11, 2011

I realized that we haven’t updated this list, so here we go again! This list contains only liquid foundations (no cremes, powders, or tinted moisturizers), and runs approximately from the least to the most expensive. As usual, feel free to let me know in the comments if you’ve found any others.

Ingredients for all products can be found in the title line of each link. Just hover your mouse over the price to see it!

Additionally, if you would like to share our list of silicone-free liquid foundations, please link directly to this post. It takes quite a few hours of work to create a post like this one, and I would greatly appreciate it if you could refrain from replicating any or all of the content — thank you!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Note: if you’re suffering from a massive case of deja vu, don’t fret – you’re (probably) not going crazy! This post is seeing the front page for a second time due to a few edits and additions.

Last year, I started putting together lists of silicone-free products – moisturizers with SPF (part one and two) and liquid foundations (just one part). It’s time to go back to that lovely, compulsive state of mind, in which Rae frantically searches the internet for silicone-free products, in order to bring you today’s post: silicone-free creme foundations.

The following foundations are all available somewhere in North America, are silicone-free (no -cone or -xane ingredients), and are solid cremes in pan or stick form. The list does not contain powders, liquids, concealers, tinted moisturizers, mousses, correctors, etc, etc, etc. If you know of a foundation that I missed, or if I missed a ‘cone in any of the foundations below, please let me know in the comments!

& A few more cream foundations made for the theatre, which I’ve tracked down online – I know it can be a pain to find these, so I wanted to include some links! Please keep in mind that I have NOT bought from any of these sites, so I can’t recommend any one over another.